An effective convectivity model for simulation of in-vessel core melt progression in a boiling water reactor

Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work"

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 925-935

  Tran, Chi Thanh ^a   Dinh, Truc Nam ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; CORE MELTDOWN; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOILING WATER; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COOLANT FLOW; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENERGY EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT-TRANSFER ANALYSIS; IN-CONTROL; IN-VESSEL; INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; LOWER PLENUM; NAVIER - STOKES; NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE; SIMULATION RESULTS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 52249091307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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